competitive sport

collocation in English

meaningsofcompetitiveandsport

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competitive
adjective
uk
/kəmˈpet.ɪ.tɪv/us
/kəmˈpet̬.ə.t̬ɪv/
involving ...
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sport
noun
uk
/spɔːt/us
/spɔːrt/
a game, competition, or activity needing physical effort and skill that is played or done according to rules, for enjoyment and/or as ...
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(Definition ofcompetitiveandsportfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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There has been a marked falling off incompetitivesportin schools.
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That is the real purpose of this so-calledcompetitivesport.
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I do not wish to confine my remarks tocompetitivesportor to team games, important though they are.
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The sports councils decide how much of that should go to the development ofcompetitivesport.
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I hope that, together, we can produce a plan for even more team games andcompetitivesportin schools.
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Competitivesportin and outside schools is an important part of that.
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First, some local education authorities have for a long time discouragedcompetitivesport.
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The old political correctness of the 1980s—thatcompetitivesportis no good—has left a sad legacy.
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Many of the pupils were enjoyingcompetitivesportat every level in that deprived area.
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It was seen by some, wrongly, to be bad for youngsters to engage incompetitivesport.
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In almost every country the unit on whichcompetitivesportis based is the club.
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I should certainly like to see morecompetitivesportin our schools, and we intend to ensure that there is more.
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May we please have more cash for more teachers and morecompetitivesport?
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Does he agree that children benefit fromcompetitivesportin learning the skills of leadership, discipline and loyalty?
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It is a clean, quiet and inexpensive means of travel, or a vigorouscompetitivesport.
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I believe that children must take part incompetitivesportin schools within and beyond curriculum time.
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We need to balance the needs ofcompetitivesportand community sport and to encourage more people to take advantage of the benefits.
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